Diagnosis & Treatment Of Patients With Alzheimers Disease And Other Dementias:
A course for physicians and other healthcare professionals

The Course Outline, Educational Objectives, List of Course Readings. Links to the course textbook, other handouts from the live presentation and other related web links can be found by clicking on "Handouts."

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1. DEFINITIONS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, & COMMON CAUSES
   1. Introduction (2:52) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   2. Basic Definitions (5:05) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   3. Other complications (:50) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   4. Half-truths (3:37) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   5. A chronic disease (1:29) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   6. Epidemiology (3:30) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   7. How we classify dementia (6:44) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   8. Causes of dementia (1:08) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   9. Alzheimers definitions (5:24) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   10. Alzheimers criteria (1:28) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   11. Vascular dementia definition (3:00) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   12. Vascular dementia criteria (2:17) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   13. Lewy Body dementia (4:33) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   14. Fronto-temperal dementia (2:37) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   15. Depression vs. dementia (5:03) Audio | ISDN | 315k
2. EVALUATION & DIAGNOSIS
   1. Early detection is essential (3:22) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   2. Diagnosis of Dementia (10:06) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   3. Examinations for dementia (7:54) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   4. Tests for dementia (5:26) Audio | ISDN | 315k
3. TREATMENT
   1. Treatment - the 4 pillars (1:14) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   2. Supportive care for patients (5:30) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   3. Supportive care for caregivers (2:28) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   4. The dementia cascade (6:05) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   5. Treatments & Medications (3:05) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   6. Cholinesterase Inhibitors (7:40) Audio | ISDN | 315k
4. MENTAL & BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCES
   1. Disturbances (1:58) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   2. Cache County Study (9:20) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   3. Managing disturbances (15:16) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   4. Depression in dementia (10:30) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   5. Anxiety & pain (1:53) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   6. Irritability & mania (2:18) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   7. Psychotic cluster (7:25) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   8. Sleep disorders (1:23) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   9. Aggression in dementia (6:46) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   10. Noisiness (1:37) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   11. Frontal Syndromes (3:09) Audio | ISDN | 315k
   12. Pacing & wandering (:48) Audio | ISDN | 315k

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